diocesan orientation on mercy

7/24/2019 Diocesan Orientation on Mercy

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The Eucharist, the Family and

the Jubilee of Mercy

Towards a Common Understandingand Vibrant Celebration


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Towards A Common Understanding

The Jubilee Year of Mercy

The Year of the Eucharist and of the Family


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Towards A Common Understanding

The Jubilee Year of Mercy From December 8 !"#$%&o'ember !" !"#(

The Year of the Eucharist and of the Family !"#( )&o'ember !* !"#$%&o'ember !( !"#(+


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Why Jubilee Year of Mercy

,o-e Francis. To

ma/e our witness

0as Church1stronger and more

effecti'e

Cf.Misericordiae Vultus

)2ull of indiction+


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Misericordiae !ultusAt times we are called to gaze even more

attentively on mercy so that we may become a

more effective sign of the Fathers action in

our lives. For this reason I have proclaimedan !traordinary "ubilee of Mercyas a special

time for the #hurch$ a time when the witness of

believers might grow stronger and moreeffective.% Cf3 MV 45


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Why Year of the Eucharist and

of the Family

,art of the C2C, led *%

year -rogram in

-re-aration for the $th

Centenary ofChristianity in the

,hili--ines with an end

towards &ew

E'angeli6ationCf3. C2C,$ &rimer on

the 'ear of Faith and the

(ew vangelization


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C"C# #rimer on the Year of Faith and

the $ew E%angeli&ation

Year !"#(. The Eucharist and the Family

7e will focus our -astoral action onma/ing the Eucharist better

a--reciated and its missionary

im-lication better li'ed by theCatholic faithful39


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7e shall es-ecially em-hasi6e on

forming the Fili-ino Family as aEucharistic community of -arents and

children true to its name as a

domestic church rooted in theEucharist39


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7:n e'angeli6ed family is an

e'angeli6ing family3 E'en as it isincreasingly besieged by secularist

'alues the Family as ,C, ;; has said

is


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7e shall intensify our efforts to

strengthen marriage and the familyand to -rotect them from ideas and

'alues that destroy them39


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Towards a Closer 'ntegration

>e'eral elements in'ol'ed.

The Jubilee )E?traordinary+

Mercy )@od=s Mercy+

The Year )!"#( in the run%u- to !"!#+

The Family

The Eucharist


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E%angeli&ation as the (ey

E'angeli6ation as the /ey towards a common

and unified understanding of the fi'e

interwea'ing elements.the E?traordinary Jubilee

Mercy )@od=s Mercy+

the Year !"#( )'is%A%'is !"!#+

the Family

the Eucharist


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Further Clarification and )ee*ening

hat is E'angeli6ationB

hat does it mean to be e'angeli6edB

hat does it mean to be

e'angeli6ingB


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E%angeli&ation

,rocess of bringing forward the @ood

&ews

;m-lies ha'ing recei'ed the @ood &ewsoneself ha'ing acce-ted or ha'ing made

it as one=s own and once acce-ted and

therefore con'inced of its being goodnews you s-read it you share it you

-our it out


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Mercy

Mercy as the core of the re'elation of

Christ

hen we e'angeli6e we /now that mercyis the heart of the @ood &ews that we

bring

The Church 7feels the urgent need to-roclaim @od=s mercy9


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Mercy

@od=s mercy is Christ Jesus. 7the face of

@od=s mercy9

The mercy of @od in Christ Jesus is /e-t

ali'e in the Eucharist always and fore'er


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Mercy

7The Church feels the

urgent need to

-roclaim @od=s

mercy3 er life is

authentic and credible

only when she

becomes a con'incingherald of mercy39


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Mercy

7>he /nows that her -rimary

tas/ es-ecially at a

moment full of great

ho-es and signs of

contradiction is to

introduce e'eryone to the

great mystery of @od=smercy by contem-lating

the face of Christ39


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Mercy

7The Church is called

abo'e all to be a

credible witness tomercy -rofessing it

and li'ing it as the

core of the re'elationof Jesus Christ39

MV4!$


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Mercy

hen we e'angeli6e we /now that

mercy is the core or the heart of the

@ood &ews that we bring

The Church 7feels the urgent need to

-roclaim @od=s mercy9


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Mercy

@od=s mercy is Christ Jesus. 7the face

of @od=s mercy9

The mercy of @od in Christ Jesus is

/e-t ali'e in the Eucharist always

and fore'er


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The Eucharist

hat is the EucharistB

The Eucharist as Memorial ofChrist=s ,assion Death and

esurrection where the mystery of

@od=s mercy is fully re'ealed


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The Eucharist

Memorial is not

ust a

remembering ofa -ast e'ent but

it is ma/ing it

truly -resent and

fully ali'e


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The Eucharist

Christ is really and

truly -resent in the

Eucharist through

which we who

recei'e him are

transformed into his

li/eness. offered bro/en and shared for

the sal'ation of the world and the entire

creation


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The Family

hat is FamilyB

Family is a community of -arents and

children and by e?tension grand-arentsand grandchildren and other relati'es

hat is the Church=s 'ision of FamilyB


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Church+s !ision of Family

:s a community centered in Christ

therefore the Family is.

Eucharistic7a domestic church9

Truly e'angeli6ed ande'angeli6ing


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Family as Focal #oint of

E%angeli&ation

@i'en the ga- between the Church=s

'ision of Family and the -resent

reality wherein families are 7besiegedby secularist 'alues9 the family

becomes the focal -oint of our

e'angeli6ation


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The Eucharist as the Focal #oint of

i%ing Community

@i'en the ga- between the Church=s

-rofound understanding of and teaching

on the Eucharist and the actuale?-erience -eo-le ha'e of the Eucharist

in the -arishes the Eucharist is the

focal -oint and means of building andstrengthening of communities among

the faithful3


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Mercy as the -eart of E%angeli&ation

@i'en the ga- between the 'ision of ,o-e

Francis of the Church as 7a con'incing herald

of mercy9 by which alone 7her life is authentic

and credible9 and the actual e?-erience of

-eo-le of the Church mercy becomes a

challenge for us as focal -oint of our formation

as members of the Church )ad intra+ and of-astoral action as Church in the world )ad

e?tra+


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"ridging the .a*s/ 0n Mercy

2ecoming eralds of Mercy

Can we be formed and transformed

as heralds of mercyB Yes but howBDe'elo-ing a non%udgmental attitude

that see/s to understand rather than

condemn so as to liberate the -erson

from ensla'ement to sin


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Ma/ing a ,ilgrimage of Mercy Ma/ing mercy as a goal to reach that

reGuires dedication and sacrifice

Ta/ing the Two >te-s forward

>te- Hne. Judge notI condemn not

>te- Two. Forgi'e and gi'e


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Ma/ing the

Motto of the

oly Year asHne=s Hwn

Merciful li)e

the Father


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edisco'er the or/s of Mercy

*he #orporal +or)s of Mercy

*he ,piritual +or)s of Mercy


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*he #orporal +or)s of Mercy

To feed the hungry gi'e drin/ to thethirsty clothe the na/ed welcome

the stranger heal the sic/ 'isit the

im-risoned and bury the dead


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*he ,piritual +or)s of Mercy

To counsel the doubtful instruct the

ignorant admonish sinners comfort

the afflicted forgi'e offences bear

-atiently those who do us ill and-ray for the li'ing and the dead


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"ridging the .a*s/ 0n the Eucharist

and the Family

;m-ro'e the iturgical Celebration of the

Eucharist starting with the iturgy of the

ordectors need to deli'er. To -roclaim not ust

read the ord of @od

,residers should deli'er. : omily not a

7>ermon9. To e?-ose the ord of @od tal/about the main -oints of the Message and gi'e

some -ractical a--lications in life


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and the Family

;m-ro'e the Celebration of the iturgy of

the Eucharist itself,residers should not rush the liturgy of the

Eucharist to ma/e u- for an o'erly e?tended

celebration of the ord and try to beat the one

hour only limit of the Mass

Encourage more moments of silence as -art ofthe celebration of the Eucharist es-ecially after

Communion


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and the Family

H'erall ma/e the celebration of the oly

Eucharist nourishing ins-iring renewing and

an o--ortunity for growth where -eo-le return

home with something to bring with them as -artof their mission>ee to it that the Dismissal which still is a 'ery

im-ortant -art of the Mass where -eo-le are being senton a mission to e'angeli6e others in word and deed is

understood and a--reciated as that by which -eo-le are

being as/ed to do something


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and the Family

Ma/e -arents reali6e that e'angeli6ationbegins at home through witnessing and

good e?am-le

Erring members of the family should be

treated with mercy and com-assion leading

them to con'ersion and renewal

el- -arents become good she-herds of

their family by -articularly -racticing the

s-iritual wor/s of mercy


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Conclusion or #ath Forward

al/ing Together as Hne Church with a Common

understanding of the Jubilee Year Full of

Challenges as well as 2lessings

H-ening the discussion further towards greater-artici-ation of -riests religious and lay -eo-le in

charting a common agenda or way for a

meaningful celebration of the Jubilee Year Finding ways to hel- -arishes -lan and im-lement

more concrete actions celebrating the Jubilee Year

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